1964 Speedway World Team Cup Explained

1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts).^{[4] [5]}

Format

• Great Britain seeded to the final

Qualification

Continental Semi-Final 1

• May 25

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				45	Andrzej Wyglenda - 12 (3,3,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 12 (3,3,3,3) Zbigniew Podlecki - 11 Marian Kaiser - 10 Edmund Migoś - NS
				33	Stanislav Kubíček - 9 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8 Karel Průša - 8 Jaroslav Volf - 8 Frantisek Ledecky - NS
				14	Manfred Poschenreider - 6 Alfred Aberl - 3 Alois Frach - 3 Otto Lantenhammer - 2 Sebastian Wiesent - NS
4				4	Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 2 Gunther Walla - 1 Ludwig Löscher - 1 Ernst Glassner - 0

Continental Semi-Final 2

• May 25
• Stadion Automoto Drustvo Svetozarevo

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				48	Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gennady Kurilenko - 12 (3,3,3,3) Vitaly Shilo - 12 (3,3,3,3)
				24	Milko Pejkov - 8 Gavril Macev - 8 Simeon Lukanov - 4 Krasimir Sokolov - 4
				12	Slobodan Dzudovic - 5 Valentin Medved - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Drago Regvard - 2
4				12	Günther Schelenz - 5 Jochen Dinse - 5 Peter Hehlert - 2 Jürgen Hehlert - NS

Scandinavian Round

• June 6
• Selskov Stadium, Hillerød

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				44	Björn Knutson - 12 (3,3,3,3) Göte Nordin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 6 Per Olof Söderman - 2
				27	Kurt W. Petersen - 9 Paul Wissing - 7 John S. Andersen - 6 Hans P. Boysen - 5 Ole Kläbel - NS
				15	Kalevi Lahtinen - 7 Ilkka Helminen - 5 Matti Olin - 3 Taisto Mattila - 0 Veikko Metsähuone - NS
4				10	Reidar Eide - 5 Per Aulie - 3 Cato Agnor - 1 Jonny Faafeng - 1 Henry Harrfeldt - NS

Continental Final

• Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv

(Yugoslavia replaced Bulgaria)

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				37	Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Boris Samorodov - 11 Gennady Kurilenko - 8 Yuri Chekranov - 6 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov - NS
				34	Andrzej Wyglenda - 10 Andrzej Pogorzelski - 9 Zbigniew Podlecki - 9 Marian Kaiser - 4 Antoni Woryna - 2
				23	Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8 Stanislav Kubíček - 5 Jaroslav Volf - 5 Psvel Mares - 3 Frantisek Ledecky - 2
4				2	Franc Babic - 1 Valentin Medved - 1 Drago Perko - 0 Drago Regvard - 0 Ivan Molan - NS

World final

• Abensberg, Abensberg Speedwaystadion

Pos.		National team	Pts.	Riders
				34	Björn Knutson - 11 (3,3,2,3) Göte Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3) Rune Sörmander - 7 (3,2,2,0) Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3) Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)
				25	Igor Plekhanov - 8 (2,3,1,2) Gennady Kurilenko - 8 (2,1,3,2) Yuri Chekranov - 6 (2,2,1,1) Boris Samorodov - 3 (2,1,0,0) Viktor Trofimov - NS
				21	Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2) Ken McKinlay - 7 (1,3,3,0) Nigel Boocock - 3 (1,1,1,-) Ron How - 2 (1,-,0,1) Brian Brett - 0 (-,0,-,0)
4				16	Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3) Andrzej Pogorzelski - 3 (0,0,2,1) Zbigniew Podlecki - 3 (1,1,1,0) Marian Rose - 2 (-,0,0,2) Marian Kaiser - 0 (0,-,-,-)

See also

• 1964 Individual Speedway World Championship
• motorcycle speedway

Notes and References

1. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. 1987. 290. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5.
2. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 25-26. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
3. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 98. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.
4. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 12 July 2021.
5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 12 July 2021.